Summary:
Zip code 08823 has two public elementary schools serving prekindergarten through grade 5: Claremont Elementary School (685 students) and Franklin Park School (671 students). Their similar grade spans and enrollments make grade-by-grade comparisons useful. In 2025–26, the schools’ combined averages were about 3 percentage points below the state in ELA, 4 points below in math, and 5 points below in grade 5 science. The clearest difference between the schools is in ELA, especially grade 3.
Franklin Park School stands out in overall ELA: its grades 3–5 average was 52%, compared with 40% at Claremont Elementary School, a 12-point lead; Franklin Park was also 3 points above the state average, while Claremont was 9 points below. The grade 3 gap was particularly large: 57% at Franklin Park versus 29% at Claremont, a 28-point difference. The pattern reverses in math and science: Claremont averaged 44% in math, 2 points above Franklin Park, and scored 23% in grade 5 science versus Franklin Park’s 22%. Both schools were below the state averages in those subjects.
Recent results varied by subject: the two-school math average fell 4 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while science rose 3 points and ELA fell 2. SchoolDigger ranks Franklin Park School at the 47th percentile and Claremont Elementary School at the 40th percentile for 2025–26; both have two stars. Their 2024–25 student–teacher ratios were similar, 9.3 at Franklin Park and 9.2 at Claremont. Both report free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–25: 45% at Franklin Park and 57% at Claremont, a difference of 11 percentage points. These are two years of school-level results, not a measure of the same students’ progress over time.
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